In Ahmedabad's Jamalpur area, five individuals illegally occupied Waqf land, constructed shops, and collected rent for 20 years, while posing as trustees.
The police ruled the event as a suicide but reports suggest that before his death, Balaji had sounded an alarm on OpenAI’s allegedly illegal copyright practices in the development of ChatGPT.
On 23rd October this year, Suchir Balaji argued that OpenAI was harming businesses and entrepreneurs by stealing their data to train ChatGPT. He said, “If you believe what I believe, you have to just leave the company. This is not a sustainable model for the internet ecosystem as a whole.”
Barnett's death has come just a week after he gave a formal deposition in which he was questioned by Boeing's lawyers, before being cross-examined by his own counsel. He was to undergo further questioning on Saturday, for which he failed to appear. Later, his body was found in a parking lot.
The US authorities have been trying to bring Snowden back to the United States to face a criminal trial on espionage charges. If proven guilty in the US court, Snowden may face prison for up to 30 years.